Improved car-seat



LOCKWOODGL PITMAN.

l Car Seat.

No. 48,191. Patented .lune 13, 1865.

AM. PHOTO-LITHULCO. (OSBDRNE'S PROCESS() UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN vIIOOKWOOD AND GEO. W. PITMAN, OF BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

|MPRovED CAR-SEAT. l

Specification lforming part of Letters Patent No. 48,191, dated June lb,1865.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWIN LOCKWOOD and GEORGE W.PITMAN, of Bordentown,Burlington county, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and ImprovedGar Seat; and we do hereby declare that the followingisafull, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specitcation, in whichand both the seatand back rendered capable of being adjusted or reversed to suit thedirection in which the car is moving.

A represents the frame of the car-seat, which may be constructedsubstantially in the usualV manner.

B represents the car-seat, composed of a frame, a, upholstered in theusual manner. This seat is not permanently fastened in the frame A, butis supported by rods O when in a horizontal position. There are four ofthese rodstwo at each sideand they rest on metal plates D D, which haveoblong slots b made in the1n,to receive pins c attached to the rods,\

the pins and slots serving as guides. The rods O have each a spring, E,attached, and these springs have a tendency to keep the ends of Vtherods thrust out from the sides of the seatframe into holes in theseat-frame, so that the seat may be removed from the seat-frame or twoof the rods may be withdrawn at either end of the seat to admit of thesaine being inclined, as shown in red in Fig. 2.

The frame a, which forms the side of the seat, has a curved bar, G,secured to each side of it. These bars are of parabolic form, as shownin Fig. 2, and they are connected at their upper ends to the back H ofthe seat by bars I I. These bars arc secured to the back H by screws e,and they are connect-ed to the bars G by pins arranged in such a mannerthat they maybe withdrawn in order to release the bars I, when required,to admit of the adjustment of the back at either end of the seat B, thelower ends of the side pieces,fj`, of the back being tltted in socketsat the ends ot' the seat-frame.

It will be seen from the above description that when the seat B isinclined the back I-I will be also inclined, owing to the connection ofthe latter with the former by means of the bars I, and that the seat andback may be inclined to suit either direction in which the car may bemoving.

We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl The seatB,provided with the adjustable rods C, arranged substantially as shown, inconnection with the reversible back H, applied to the seat -i'rame A,and connected with the seat by means of the bars I G, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

EDWIN LooKwooD. GEORGE w. PITMAN.

Witnesses:

P. P. CONNELL, GEO. W. THOMPSON.

